Harris Garrard Academy
All-through schoolHarris Garrard Academy is a all-through school in Bexley, for pupils aged 4 to 18. It had 1,505 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 21 April 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Exceptional
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Early years
- Exceptional
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 82% of pupils at Harris Garrard Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 67% in Bexley and 62% in England.
18% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Harris Garrard Academy was 49.2, against 51.0 in Bexley and 46.2 in England.
46.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Bexley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 82% | 67% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 18% | 13% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 106 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Bexley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 49.2 | 51.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46.4% | 55.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 71.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 194 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)170 m
- Parkway Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 24% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)360 m
- Northwood Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, July 2025. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)500 m
- Willow Bank Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- Horizons Academy BexleyPupil referral and alternative provision. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met720 m
- Brighter Futures Specialist College LtdSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file880 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bexley
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).